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About The Sumpter miner. (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1904)
THE SUMPTER MINER Wednesday, April 20, 1904 J HUDSON'S NEW WATER WHEEL TESTED TODAY Sumpter Man Has Invented Device For Which a High Power Efficiency is Claimed. James Hudson has invented a 'wheel for tho application of water power and mime time ago applied to the government for a patent. This morning Mr. Hudson and J. A. .Johnson, the blacksmith, who Is in with film on tho deal, constructed a rough model In about au hour's time, mid took It down to Powder river to aliow their frleudH the working prill olplos of the machiuo. A Minor mini was present at the exhibition, and while malting no ulainiH as 11 nicclniuiciil expert, does not sue why the invention will not piovn a hiiccosh. To give u Lriuf do tioilpllon. It consists of mi upright shaft, to which mo attached four small paddles, freely movable on huri'nutiil rods, crossing each other through tho sliaft at right angles. These paddles am set at right angles to each nt her on the rods. The mauliiuu placed In the ciuront of a stieam, au individual piiildlc dips into the wiili'i, ciiIcIich on a noli piojectiug fro 111 tlin shuff mid foices (lie shaft liulf way 1 iii ml, when tlin opposing piiilillu dips, iiiisiuu tho nl her audi completing tho levolutiou. Tim four, nf course, upoiulo iu conjunction on tho hiiine piinciplc. Auy uuiiiliei can IRRIGATE LAND BY MEANS OF EltCTRICHY Tim linker City coiieHpundout of the I'oitliind Tclcgium mites: .1. l'nllei'Hiiu is bieiikiug up ll'JO ucies of I urn! uenr this city, which ho Is going to iirignto by menus oi electri city. Thoio Is no water UMiilnhlo for iiiigutiug this IiiiiiI In tho null 111113' wuy. II is too high up on the. bench (odivoit wntei (ruin the liver, and thou theio would bo no wider uuiippiopiliitcil tu tho liver if river wntei could lie conveyed tu the IiiiiiI. Tlimo Ih iiii iibuudnuco of water flowing iiudnrneath this bind at a depth of about twenty feet. Expert incuts iniide tuts season demoiistialid Hint this source of supply was coll btnnt uud iiliiindiitit. The quest ion wus how to niiso the wider to the surtiice iu sufficient iiiuutity to Irri gate the IiiiiiI, lit mi expellee tliut would not lin prohibitive. Thoie Is an electric transmission lino which conveys electric power to olio ot the mines which pushes over this IiiiiiI. .Mr. Patterson lilt puou the ideii of sinking lingo wells, and lie has iniido arrangements to put iu a number of these pumps. A live horse power motor will rniso 320 gal lons of water per minute, which is sufficient for eighty ucies of land. A largo well is put down on the highest part of the tract to be Irri- boused with a corresponding increase of the power coefficient. The points of superiority claimed are cheapness, simplicity, lack of friction or back action and the high degree of efficiency developed. The application of the power can be made to auy style of machine. For instance, for irrigation purposes, Mr. Hudson claims at a cost of IGT he can con struct n wheol which will raise 2,000 gallons 11 f water thirty-three and oue-third feet a minute, with a utili zation nf 05 per cent of the power Involved. This comes fmni the lack of back action. The instant the pad dle passes beyond tho force of the curiuut the opposite onu dips, and raises its companion, thereby almost completely eliminating auy conn tcrntciug iuautlty. This, as is well known among mncliliiMs.is 11 feature which it lias been long sought to overcome. At the c.liililtlnli of the IVIton wheel dining I lie Chicago fair, Hi per colli ul tho pnwoi developed huh utilized, which it is claimed, was high, but Mr. Hudson snys IiIh, wliuul will bent thN record. Ho lins bud tho iileii iu Ills bend, he mijs, for tlio Inst twenty .veins, but until ic-j ceiilly Hind" no attempt to scenic u patent. i glued, mill Hie elecllic liiiitoi mid pump dues the lest. Mr. Patterson c.pccts to mine u I ci op on the IiiiiiI this season Unit will produce enough to pay u for all I in piovcmuuts and Ic.ue a neat piotlt besides. LIEU LANDS MUSI DE THE SAME IN KIND Senator Hiiusbrougli's hill rolatiug to the creation of finest resiirvutlnns, on the public domain, us amended .by the committee on public lauds, 1 1ms been favorably reported. The committee adopted mi miicudmout providing that all selections of laud 1 Hindu iu lieu of laud hereafter leliu iiilshcd to the United States within any forest reservation shnll he limit ed to laud of tho Mime character uud quality, both as to soil and timber, as the laud relinquished. t Senator Heyburu otfeied au amend uient requiring that selections no tmulo In the state and territory iu which the laud relinquished is situated. This amendment was rejected and au exemption was made of the state of Idaho so that no selections shall be made iu that stale except for laud relinquished iu the state. The t-cctiou of the. bill relating to railroad laud grtiuts was amended so that it provides that no forest reser- ratlou shall hereafter be created covering any lieu land or any lauds within the place or Indemnity limits of any railroad land Kraut or auy platted village, towu or city. The secretary of tbn Interior is author ized tu aecertain all lands within such reservations which aro chiefly valuable for agricultrue uud permit thee to bo disposed of to actual sot Mora under the homestead laws, in tracts not exceeding 1(50 acres In area. DEVELOPMENT WORK AT THE PL AT IS GROUP Bert Rusk, superintendent of the Platts group, came in today on his way to Baker to attend the demo cratic convention. lie and bis brother delegates, Anderson and Marcum left at noou with Seymour Bell to drive to the county scat. Mr. Rusk says the road to Borune Is in a frightful condition. It's neither time for wheels nor runnors. but the latter were used and the passage was difficult. The passengers bad to walk a big part of the way. Work at tbe mine, Mr. Husk says, is going right along undisturbed by tbe floods below. He expects to cut tbe ledge now iu a short time. HE TOOK PRIMITIVE WAY OF LOCOMOTION M. K. Ruiu, manager of tho Over laud, returned this morning after a somewhat slushy foot voyage from the mine. Stage communication is at tended witli more or less difficulty, and so Mr. Hutu concluded to try thu primitive mid time hoiioicd method of foot locomotion. Ho says us a gouiiial principle the system still works all rigid, thuugli ho observed little linprovemuuts, but tlio chief difficulty iu this iiistauce wus (lie in icci a Id e condition of the rouds, espccinlly between Hanover uud tho mine. At tho property, Mr. Iluiii says, things are going as usual and good development lesults me being oil tuluud. AWARDED EXTENSIVE PAINTING GONTRAGTS Captain II, L, Davis has under taken an oxletislvo painting contract for the Columbia mid North Polo. Captain Davis nod Theodore Hans worth, who is to assist hi in iu the work, left this morning for the former mine to be begin operations. Tho Columbia boarding house la to be painted throughout, which will require about thirty days to com plete. The North Pole contract, however, is still more extensive, and includes practically all the build ings collected with tlio mine. It will take almost three mouths for the two to tluisli tho job. Back from Listen Lake. J. N. Doaue returned last night from tile Listeu Lake mine iu the (Sreeuhorus, wuero he has been for some time. He says tho shaft is now dowu over eighty feet, but that siuk lug is being interfered with by tbe extra tlow of water. The shaft la to be suuk to the 100 foot level, and tbe veiu agaiu crosscut. PETITION. To the Honorable. County Court of tho State of Oregon for fie County of linker: Wo the undersigned petitioners being an actual majority of tbe whole number of legal voters in the Green born Precinct, liaker County, Oregon hereby petition your honorable body to grant a license to C. II. Scbepator to sell spirituous, malt, aud vinous liquors in less quantities tbau ouo gallon at his place of business, for tbe period of one year, which la known as tbe Road House situate in said precinct on tbe county road running from the City of Sumpter to Canyon City and being in Section 31 T. 10 S. R 35 E. V. M. And that tbe same is not within one mile of any mine, aud tbe place of loca tion is known as "Tipton" and your petitioners will ever pray. C. S. Collins, T. E. Ollkey, Frank McManus. J H. Pratt, U. S. Jackson, S. J. Kersbaru, John Fogarty, F. E. Herman, John Sutherland, W, A. Sauuders, II. C. Seoul, Ueo. Ziill, Root Preston, Fred Donaldson, Zitu Dausou, Jack Millis, Tom Carney, Jack Hughes, liob Moore, Tom Will iams, L. Uillis, Billle Cole, Cbas. Colmau, Cbas. Campbel, A. Branden burg, Andy O'ilara, Roy Chittenden, John Jas. Loy, U. S. Patterson, R E. Driscoll, Mat Lamp!, Ed Borman, Hnry Danes, Fred Danes, Ed Daus Peter Brady, Otis Lapka, Jim Currie, Tom Colbert, Jos. Bucannu, Pat liucauou, West Hizor, All Sherrlll, Frank Shaver, Wm. Brady, Cbas. Moore, Pbll Murry, Cllf Stok. Bailey Smith, Henry Smith, Hurley Smith, W. II. Kclley, Bill Rodgers, John Bouda, Ed (.'miner, Bert Coin stock, Bert White, Morris Sullivan. Sum Stott, Ed Sullivan, Will Sprin ger, Joe Smith, II. P. Seniurd, Oco. Unite, T. II. Murphy, John E. Millard, Wm. Pe.irt, Douglas Weaver, Adny Lurseu, Alfred Lufliuu, II. Morgan, Jim Cunningham, T. E. Sheu, Ed Cimliiu, (ius Laferty, Gcu. Nelgauce, Sim Richardson, Tim Daw-t-cu, O. Cox, Frank Huffman, (Jen. Voting, Ed Billings, W. W. Smith, John Hunter, Jabes Wlclts, Wm. Dun can, Bert Rudder, lluriy Iliinby, Milo Reunion, W. F. Draper. Tom Davis, E. E. Carter, M. M. Ratdlu. T. F, Hunker. M. D. McMulleu, C. T. Carver, L. Phauor, W. A. Butler. Robt. (tones, Jas. Muxzou, Frank Rob erts, BcrtRobertB,J.()'Heran,(iu8 Mc Culloch, Wm. Peterson, Jas. Uosheu, Frank Kllue.O. E.Stonrns.TomFrazer, L. Mctirvggor, Hairy Wilson, Jeff Hoffman, Notice is hereby given that tho undersigned will apply to the Hon orable. County Court of Baker county on the l'Jth day of May, 1004, or as soou thereafter as may suit tho convenience of the Court for a liconso In accordance with tbe terms of tbe nbovo petition. C. 11. SCHEPSTER. NOTICE OF SALE. Nutico is hereby given that ou May 5, 1004. tho followiug articles, which bavo remaiued unclaimed and uncalled for iu tho office of tho Sum pter Stage compauy for more than ninety days, tbe limit preset i bed by law, will be sold to the highest bidder for cash, to pay storage charges, said articles being marked R. M. Co. Oue bed spring and mattress. . Two-tbirda ' of a keg of nails'- One sack of boee. Three tents. Eleveu boxes of merchandise. Five camp stools. TOM McEWEN ESTATE. 1 1 v-jif M agggMagj TWirnr "awsjgcs'.g;